Trump may have not realized that the “T” in LGBT stands for “Transgender.” However, his actions and policies have made it clear that he has no intention of fighting for any LGBT rights; rather, stripping them away.

Protesters held signs and shouted, “Trans rights are human rights,” and calls of “Resist!” and “Shame!”

Tanya Walker, US Army Veteran, co-founder of the New York Trans Advocacy Group

Politicians like NYC Councilman Corey Johnson and NYC Public Advocate Letitia James took to the podium together with trans and other LGB activists like Tanya Walker, a trans US Army veteran, to demand equal rights.

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NYC Public Advocate Letitia James

“There’s just no other way to say it. It’s discrimination in all of its forms,” Letitia James, Public Advocate for the City of New York shouted into a megaphone at the rally. “So we’ve got to come together all of us and stand up to this kind of hate in this country. This will not stand. All of us are greater than Donald Trump. And so all of us must rise up and resist this man who believes that he can divide us. We will not be divided by sex. We will not be divided by race. We will not be divided as country. We will all rise up and resist this man.”